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Seong-Jin Cho / Piano Recital

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Tue, May 13, 2025, 20:00
When it sparkles and shimmers, when it becomes transparent and at the same time shines in all colours, then it quickly becomes clear who is sitting at the piano: Seong-Jin Cho, a distinctive artist who shot to fame in 2015 when he won the prestigious Chopin Competition – and a contract as an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon quickly followed. He was already considered a pop star in his native South Korea. A fame that he himself only acknowledges with... Read full text

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